As it stands, the current commercial and political landscape presents a perfect storm to herald the rise of decentralized alternatives. The failures of centralization in protecting individual and ...

The dichotomy between centralization and decentralization in human history seems to be opposing forces gradually overcoming or being overcome by each other. And while one replaces the other, people ...

For each day that economic activity remains restricted due to the coronavirus pandemic, the stakes continue to rise both for businesses seeking insurance recoveries critical to their survival and for ...

Organizational structures are at the heart of human endeavor and reflect deeply in human institutions. There is a particularly pronounced tension today between the two principal styles of ...

Centralization is a trending operational strategy in multifamily, and a movement that likely won’t ever be retracted. The advent of new property technologies in recent years has equipped the industry ...

In my organizational design work for higher ed marketing and communications, I often hear this lament from leaders describing their current structure. The refrain, which is not exclusive to large ...

When the economy plummeted at the end of 2008, the Western U.S. branch of The Salvation Army was ahead of the cost-cutting game. CIO Clarence White had centralized the IT organization a year or two ...

Marketing is complex. But organizations don't have to choose between decentralized and centralized marketing. There's a better way. We’ve all experienced chaos. You are tootling down the freeway and ...

Over the years, the pendulum has swung between centralized and decentralized IT operations. There's now evidence of a shift toward centralization, as CIOs try to gain efficiencies of scale, but it's ...

When we look back at November 2022, we may well view it as the end of the "Centralization Era" in crypto. Centralized crypto exchanges offered consumers an appealingly convenient way to invest in ...